[FM Discuss] Update on FM write migration and request to help test manuals

Helen Varley Jamieson helen at creative-catalyst.com
Mon Jan 28 02:36:59 PST 2019


great, thanks mick :)

On 28.01.19 09:07, Mick Chesterman wrote:
>
> Hi Helen,
>
> Let's have a look at this and use it to start a process for doing some
> tweaks on the new server to customise the looks and css to how we
> would like it. I think this does have to be on a site wide basis
> rather than book specific to keep us sane. 
>
> I'll start the ball rolling now and keep you posted.
>
> Thanks
> Mick
>
> On 27/01/2019 17:54, Helen Varley Jamieson wrote:
>>
>> hi mick & everyone,
>>
>> finally i'm back in munich after a long travel, & of course now i'm
>> sick ... but i'm getting into my email backlog & have had another
>> look at the UpStage manual.
>>
>> the text links are showing up as a much smaller font than the rest of
>> the text. i had a look at a couple of other manuals & it's the same
>> there. i checked in both firefox & chrome (on linux). can this be
>> fixed? it's a bit disturbing to have a smaller font for the links.
>>
>> i tried to make some corrections in the UpStage manual, but i was not
>> able to save the page. do i need to save before publishing? & what
>> formats? is there a tutorial for this somewhere? apologies if you
>> have sent it through - i haven't been able to keep up with emails
>> while travelling these last 3 months.
>>
>> h : )
>>
>> On 20.01.19 20:31, mick at flossmanuals.net wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I just wanted to give a quick update on this process. We've done
>>> most of the work on this page
>>>
>>> https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/Fm-top20
>>>
>>> Still some checking to do. But I've made the changes live on the
>>> https://www.flossmanuals.net front page. So that most of those top
>>> 20 now point to the new server.
>>>
>>> A quick next steps list is
>>>
>>> * make URLs like https://en.flossmanuals.net/scribus/ point to -->
>>> https://en.flossmanuals.net/scribus/_full/
>>> * create a public place to log errors for new server and migration
>>> process - the link at the bottom of the page is not public
>>> * remove mentions of write.flossmanuals.net from the
>>> https://www.flossmanuals.net front page, update them to point to
>>> https://archive.flossmanuals.net
>>> * check the what content is on write.flossmanuals.net, that isn't on
>>> archive.flossmanuals.net and make backups of them available
>>> somewhere on archive.flossmanuals.net (for example the finnish
>>> flossmanuals (we should create an archive splash page for that also))
>>> * complete and double check migration of all manuals listed at
>>> https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/Fm-top20
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Mick
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 03.01.19 05:41, mick at flossmanuals.net wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been doing some migration today of some manuals and I've put
>>>>> the new links in here.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/Fm-top20
>>>>>
>>>>> I've also recorded a short video to celebrate and say HNY! (don't
>>>>> get too excited), and ask for help.
>>>>> https://archive.org/details/20190102163239
>>>>>
>>>>> As I say please email me if you are up for testing the migration.
>>>>>
>>>>> In terms of how to help any of the following are useful
>>>>>
>>>>> * check contents and images have transferred ok
>>>>> * make a very minor edit and see if it "takes"
>>>>> * export a epub and check it
>>>>> * export a screen pdf and check it
>>>>> * log any errors here -
>>>>> https://gitlab.com/jazzynico/fmfr-server/issues/
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are up for it I'll make sure you get the relevant
>>>>> permissions on the sites
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Mick
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>> helen varley jamieson
>>>>
>>>> helen at creative-catalyst.com <mailto:helen at creative-catalyst.com>
>>>> http://www.creative-catalyst.com
>>>> http://www.upstage.org.nz
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>> http://www.upstage.org.nz
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